International Music Company: reprint or not reprint?

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International Music Company: reprint or not reprint?

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I have a Beethoven's string trio published by International Music company. All IMC scores I found on imslp are reprints. I am almost sure my score is a reprint of Breitkopf or Peters. May I rely on a "reasonable guess" to upload it?

There is no © notice. The engraving looks somewhat more modern than that of the Schott edition found on http://imslp.org/wiki/String_Trio_in_E- ... 20letters. (Sibley scan). There are no bar numbers, only rehearsal letters.
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Re: International Music Company: reprint or not reprint?

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I'd say it's probably a reprint - from what I've seen their original engravings always have very clear information displayed on the first page of music.
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Can't anybody with access to a large music library have a quick look at the Breitkopf edition? Then we will compare a few caracteristic passages to see if it is the same engraving. It would be nice to provide the source plate number on the work page.
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Re: International Music Company: reprint or not reprint?

Post by Carolus »

International was very much into reprints in their earlier days (1940s-1950s). They often reprinted items from Breitkopf, Peters and others. Starting in the mid-to-late 1950s, they had 'name' editors adding things to reprints - with a copyright claim. More recently, they've been producing newly-engraved editions.
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